Search or pocket light support



5. G. PETRIE.

SEARCH 0R POCKET LIGHT SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY ls. 1919.

Patented Dec.14,1920.1

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UNITED STATES EDWARD G'. PETRIE, OF IRVINGTON, NEW JERSEY.

SEARCH OR POCKET LIGHT SUPPORT.

Application filed May 16, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD G. PETRIE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Irvington, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Search or PocketLight Supports; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and eX- act description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and tocharacters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in electric search or spot-lightsof the character which are carried in the hand; and, the presentinvention has reference, more particularly, to provide the cylindricalbarrels or casings of electric pocket search or spot lights, with asupporting means, when in use, whereby the search or spot light can beplaced in an angular position upon the ground, table or bench, to enablethe use of both hands of the person using' the device in the performanceof his work.

rIhe present invention, therefore, has for its principal object toprovide in connection with an electric pocket search or spot-light,means which may be variously adjusted for the angular support of thesearch or spotlight to enable the use of both hands, and also to preventthe rolling about of the device, due to the usual cylindrical shape ofthe barrel or casing in which the electrical instrumentalities arecontained.

The invention has for its further object to so construct and arrange thesupporting means with relation to the cylindrical barrel or casing ofthe search or spotlight,that the said supporting means can be forcedinto circular relation about the barrel or casing, when not in use, soas to afford no obstruction when carrying the search or spot-light inthe pocket, or when the same is packed in a boX or case.

The deviceis especiallyadapted for the use of autoists at night byresting the search or spot-light upon the ground, when removing andreplacing tires upon the wheels of the vehicle, or when working aboutthe various mechanisms of the vehicle.

Other objects of the present invention not at this time moreparticularly enumerated will be clearly understood from the follow-Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 14, 1920.

Serial No. 297,509.

ing detailed description of the present invention.

With the various objects of the present invention in view, the saidinvention consists in the provision of an electric pocket search orspot-light with a novel and simply constructed supporting means forangularly placing the search or spot-light upon the ground, table,bench, or the like, to throw the light vdirectly upon the spot whererequired, and still permitting the operator to use both hands; and, theinvention consists, furthermore, in the novel arrangements andcombinations of the several devices and parts, as well as in the detailsof the construction of the said parts, all of which will be more fullydescribed in the following specification, and then finally embodied inthe clauses of the claims which are appended to and which form anessential part of the said specification,

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings inwhich z- Figure l is a view of a fragmentary tion of an electric pocketsearch or spotlight provided with a supporting means made accordingtothe principles of the present invention, said supporting means beingshown closed about the cylindrical barrel or casing of the search orspot-light when the latter is not in its angularly supported position;and F ig. 2 is a cross-sectional representation of the same, saidsection being taken on line 2 2 in said F ig. 1.

F ig. 3 is a side elevation of the electric search or spot light and thesupporting means in one of its operated positions, illustrating themanner of angularly supporting the search or spot-light upon a surface;and Fig. 4l is a transverse vertical section of the same, said sectionbeing taken on line 4-4 in said Fig. 3.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of said abovedescribed views, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to the said drawings, the reference-character 1 indicatesthe usual style of electric pocket search or spot-light, the samecomprising the usual cylindrical barrel or casing 2 provided at one endwith the lens 3 and at its other end with the screw-cap 4. Thereference-character 5 indicates the usual switch-device for establishing within said barrel or casing an electric circuit between thebattery 6 and the electric lamp, the latter not being shown,

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understood from an inspection of That the said and both of which devicesare of the usual and well-known constructions.

The herein-above mentioned supporting means consists, essentially of acylindrical drum or shell, as 7, which is suitably 'mounted in a fixedposition upon said barrel or casing 2, near the illuminating end-portionof the search or spot-light, the said drum or shell 7 being made in sucha manner that a circular space or chamber is provided between the saidbarrel or casing 2 and the concentrically disposed drum or shell 7. Thelatter is also provided with a pair of elongated guide-openings or slots8 and 9, and a pair of narrow openings or slots 10 and 11, the opening10 being in alinement with the guide-opening or slot S, and the openingl1 being in alinement with the guide-opening or slot 9, substantiallyshown in the several figures of the drawings.

Movably disposed within the above-mentioned circular space or chamberare a pair of supporting elements or members 12 and 13, said members orelements having their respective ends 14 and 15, under normal initialconditions, projecting from the respectivenarrow openings or slots 10and 11, and the respective members or elements 12 and 13 being providedat the other end-portions with guiding studs or projections 16 and 17,or other suitable means, which respectively extend into and from therespective guideopenings or slots 8 and 9. To properlyT retain the saidsupporting members or ele-y ments 12 and 13 in their relative positionswithin the cylindrical drum or shell 7, aga-inst inoperativedisplacement and to properly manipulate the said supporting members orelements 12 and 13, so as to bring them from their encircling closedrelation, shown in Figs. 1 and 2, to their supporting relationrepresented in Figs. 3 andy 4, the said guiding studs or projections 16and 17 are respectively provided upon their projecting end-portions withmanipulating means, such as heads or buttons 18.and 19, or othersuitable devices, which as is illustrated more particularly in Figs. 1and 3 are of greater width than the width of the openings or slots 8 and9, so as to project laterally across said slots, as willbe clearly theseveral figures of the drawings. supporting members or elements 12 and13 will readily wind themselves about the cylindrical barrel or casing2, within the drum or shell 7, or that they will straighten out intotheir supporting relation, when manipulated, each supporting member orelement is made of a metal having great resiliency, the preferred metalto be used being pieces of flat spring-steel, as here shown.

Having in the vforegoing description set forth one general constructionof supportlng means for electric pocket-search or spotresa-rvr lights, lwill now briefly set forth the manipulation of the supporting members orelements for angularly.arranging the Search or spot-light upon a surfacein the manner illustrated in Figs. 3 and d of the drawings.

lWhen the said supporting members or elements are thus to be arrangedall that is necessary is to move the finger-pieces, heads or bottoms 1Sand 19 in opposite directions, in the respective guide-openings or slots8 and 9, whereby the respective members or elements 12 and 13 will bepushed from the respective openings or slots 10 and 11, the said membersor elements, owing to the resiliency of the metal assuming the straightcned-out and spread positions, indicated in said Fig. Llof the drawings.llVhen the said members or elements 12 and 13 are moved out to theirfullest extent, the angular disposition of the search or spot-light isthirty degrees or thereabout to the` plane of the surface upon which itis placed; but, it will be evident that this angular arrangement may bevaried, according to the degree of movement of the fingerpieces, wherebythe said supporting members or elements 12 and 13 may be variouslyextended in their straightened out relations from the openings 10 and,11, as will be clearly evident, the frictional contact of the wrappedportions of the said-members or elements 12 and 13 within the drum 7being` such that the said members or elements 12 and 13 will be held intheir adjusted positions, unless moved in either direction by means of100 their manipulating means or fingerpieces 1S and 19.

l' am fully aware, that changes may be made in the general arrangementsand combinations of the various devices and parts, 105 as well as in thedetails of the construction of the said parts, without departing fromthe scope of the present invention as set forth in the foregoingspecification and as defined in the clauses of the claim which are 110appended thereto. Hence, l do not limit my present invention to theexactarrangements and combinations of the various devices and parts.

1. In an electric pocket search or spotlight, in combination with .theinclosing barrel or casing thereof, a drum mounted upon and encirclingsaid. barrel or easing, and means disposed withinsaid drum and nor- 12(mally encircling said barrel or casing, said means being adapted to beprojected from said drum in straight relation for angularly supportingsaid search or spot-light upon a surface. Y

2. ln an electric pocket search or spotlight, in combination with theinclosingV barrel or casing thereof, a drum mounted upon and encircling;said barrelor casing, and means movably and adjustably disposed 13Within said drum and normally encircling said barrel or casing, saidmeans being adapted to be variously projected from said drum in straightrelation for supporting said search or spotlight at diii'erent anglesupon a surface.

3. In an electric pocket search or spotlight, in combination with theinclosing barrel or casing thereof, a drum mounted upon said barrel orcasing, said drum being constructed so as to form With the barrel orcasing an annular chamber, the shell of said drum being provided With apair of elongated openings and a pair of small openings, each smallopening being in alinement With an elongated opening, a pair ofresilient bands movably disposed in said chamber, each band having anend-portion projecting from a small opening, and means upon each bandextending into and from an elongated opening for manipulating saidbands.

4. In an electric pocket search or spotlight, in combination With theinclosing barrel or casingthereof, a drum mounted upon said barrel orcasing, said drum being constructed so as to :form with the barrel orcasing an annular chamber, the shell of said drum being provided With apair of elongated openings and a pair of small openings, each smallopening being in alinement with an elongated opening, a pair ofresilient bands movably disposed in said chamber, each band having anend-portion projecting from a small opening, a guiding stud upon eachband, each stud extending into and from an elongated opening, and afingerpiece upon the extending portion of each stud for manipulation ofsaid bands, each fingerpiece being of greater Width and the Width of thecorresponding elongated opening above which the ingerpiece is movablydisposed.

In testimony, that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereuntoset my hand this 14th day of May, 1919.

EDWARD G. PETRIE.

Witnesses:

FREDK. C. FRAENTZEL, BARBARA SUTTERIJN.

